from Fr. Timmerman
 
It is hard to believe, but Lent is already here! I highly recommend Sherry Weddell's book,
Forming Intentional Disciples. This book is being used by the Aquinas-St. Mary's Intentional Discipleship Team, who believe it is vitally important that we become more intentional in our ministry to students. We want to be pro-active with our students now, because the national statistics on Catholics in the U.S. that Sherry Weddell gives are sobering:
  • Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing
  • Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics
  • The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010
  • Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God
Our Catholic faith is important to us at Aquinas & St. Mary's and we want all Catholics to experience the opportunity to grow in their personal relationship with Jesus. Your support, both prayerful and financial, is very much appreciated by our entire Aquinas-St. Mary's Community. May God continue to bless you and your families!
Please help us spread the word to families interested in Catholic Education for their children. 
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St. Mary's Open House 
Sunday, March 12th at 3-4pm
All are welcome to learn what Catholic education is all about!
  • Christ-centered quality education
  • Preschool through 5th grade
  • In-house Extended Day Program available after school
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PreK & Kindergarten Round-UP 
Thursday, March 16th   
Kindergarten at 9am
Pre-Kindergarten at 6pm 
Pre-School at 6:30pm
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Aquinas Open House
Wednesday, March 29th at 7-8pm
See how Aquinas Catholic prepares students for the future! 
  • Christ-centered quality education
  • Award winning activities
  • 6th-12th Grade
  • Multiple college coursework opportunities
created by Aquinas Art Students 
created by Aquinas Art Students
Faith & Service
NHS New Inductees

On Feb. 22nd, Aquinas welcomed 18 new members to the Aquinas Catholic National Honor Society Chapter.

National Honor Society is based on the four pillar characteristics:
  1. Character
  2. Leadership
  3. Scholarship
  4. Service

Find all our new inductees here. 
SOUL Club Operation Cookie 
The annual SOUL Club "Operation Cookie" was again a complete success. Orders were taken in advanced. Dedicated Soul Club members, moderators, and parents made, baked, and decorated over 1200 heart shaped cookies. These delicious cookies were delivered to lockers, offices, or mailboxes throughout Aquinas right before Valentines Day. Funds have been dispersed between many different organizations to help those in need. The SOUL Club moderator is Anna Nolan.

Sports
District Wrestling
Aquinas hosted district wrestling on Feb 10-11. The Aquinas wrestling team was District Runner-Ups.

7 Aquinas wrestlers to State: Conner Emswiler, Anthony Eickmeier, Kyle Petree, Michael Coufal, Joe Reimers, Jack Witter, and Grant Romshek.

State WR
The boys wrestled hard at State and came away with three medalists. Anthony Eickmeier got 6th Place. Kyle Petree is a State Champion (bottom left). Joe Reimers is a State Champion (bottom right). There was some great wrestling and even greater pictures. Like Mr. Bodenbach's picture of Coach Emory and Coach Pfl um after Kyle upset win.

Academics
Aquinas Quiz Bowl    
Aquinas Quiz Bowl Team made it to the Sweet Sixteen. The Wayne State College Quiz Bowl began in January. Competitions are mainly held via speaker phone. Aquinas beat West Holt in the first round and Columbus in the second round. They were defeated by South Sioux City in February. Aquinas Quiz Bowl (from left to right): moderator, John Svec, Anthony Eickmeier, Brandon Svoboda, Victoria Whitmore, and Branden Daro (not pictured).  
John Deere Career Day
Four Aquinas Juniors traveled to Southwest Community College in Milford to learn more about their John Deere Tech Program.
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District FFA Results
David City FFA Team competed in District FFA Career Development Events Competition on Feb. 28th. The David City FFA Chapter is a combination of Aquinas Catholic and David City Public students. There were 7 state qualifying teams. The Nebraska State FFA Convention will be held in Lincoln on April 5-7th. See complete results here.
Regional Science Olympiad
at the Henry Doorly Zoo
On Sat. Feb. 25th, Aquinas competed well at the Science Olympiad. You can find the complete results here. 
"Patriot Pen" Contest Winner

Aquinas 6th Grader, Brooke Hoelscher won the Patriot Pen writing contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the Women's Auxiliary.

Please read the entire article written by Aquinas journalism student, Brooklyn Stara, here.

The Arts
Aquinas Catholic 4n6 
Aquinas 4N6 (forensic) Team, led by
Matt Grady, is on a roll. In the largest meet of the year (Norfolk) the Monarchs placed 10th out of 39 teams. Monarch Medalists were: Hayden Schawang, Dawson Schawang x2, Nathan Uhrmacher x3, Isaac Archuleta x3, Cody Hein x2, Kael Jakub x2, Will Yindrick x3, Nolan Jakub, and Suzanne Oborny.

Next stop: Districts. Monday, March 13th at 9am at David City Public High School. Go Monarchs!  

St. Mary's News
Father Daughter Dance
Over 50 father/daughter couples danced the evening away thanks to the St. Mary's Spirit Club. Thank you to all who made this evening possible. 

Arctic Animal Video
 Mrs. Smith & Miss Mika's Kindergarten students each researched an animal and gave an oral report. Thank you to Miss Blomenberg for helping out!
Other News

Gold Rush 
April 8th, 2017
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There are a limited number of tickets left for the Annual Aquinas & St. Mary's Gold Rush on Saturday, April 8th. Please visit the Aquinas office, during regular office hours to purchase your tickets today.

Even if you can't attend, you may still bid on Live Auctions items by emailing Deb Svec at deb-svec@cdolinc.net.
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